Community Events

Let them eat cake! Let them stream Netflix!

“Let them eat cake!” my friend proclaimed, making a grand sweeping gesture with an imaginary scepter as she jumped out of her chair to write and post the words on the wall in front of us.
I had just recalled a conversation to her that I’d partaken in with an executive from a Vermont...

Betsey Reagan, owner of Dot’s of Dover.

Staff benefit

DOVER- On January 19, Dot’s of Dover was destroyed by fire, putting the staff of 10 – plus Betsey Reagan, the owner - out of work. While insurance will rebuild the restaurant, lost wages will not be replaced.
There is a benefit for Reagan and her staff on Sunday, February 24, from 2 to 5...

Senior meal

HALIFAX- There will be a senior meal served at 12 pm, on Friday, February 15, at the Community Hall, 20 Brook Road. The menu includes fruit with cottage cheese, corn chowder, sandwiches ( egg salad, ham, ham and cheese, or peanut butter and jelly), johnnycake, and homemade Valentine cookies for...

Taize service

WILMINGTON- There will be a Taize service on Thursday, February 14, at 6 pm. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on East Main Street.
For more information email Dick Ward at rgward39@aol.com.

Monthly lunch

READSBORO- The Friendly Mission Circle of the First Baptist Church, 7030 Main Street, serves a delicious homemade lunch monthly in a friendly atmosphere at a very reasonable price. This month’s meal will be held on Wednesday, February 13, at 12 pm.
This is a great opportunity to take a...

Shoe drive fundraiser

DOVER- The Loose Knit Group will be conducting a shoe drive fundraiser from February 15 to April 15 to raise funds for high school students to attend a Governor’s Institutes of Vermont program during the winter or summer.
LKG will earn funds based on the total weight of the pairs of...

Beatrice Birch

Club welcomes monthly guest speaker

NEWFANE- On Tuesday, February 12, the Valley Lions Club welcomes Beatrice Birch, Inner Fire founder and board president, as the monthly guest speaker for the club. She will present an introduction to Inner Fire mission.
Inner Fire Inc. has been created to offer an alternative to the...

Vermont diners fill more than hunger

WILMINGTON- Join Bartleby’s Books for an event with Erin McCormick, author of “Classic Diners of Vermont,” on Saturday, February 9, at 4 pm. This reading, discussion and signing is part of downtown Wilmington’s “Apres Ski Starts at 3” series of events every Saturday during the month of February...

Blue spotted salamander

Lecture series starts on Friday

DUMMERSTON- The Dummerston Conservation Commission presents “Conservation Genetics: Genome Research Applications to Wildlife Ecology,” during the February andMarch lecture series. All lectures will take place at the Evening Star Grange, East-West Road at Middle Road on Friday from 10 am to noon....

Twin Valley Middle High School’s Jr. Iron Chef teams posed together last February, all vying for a chance to head to the state finals in Essex Junction.

The battle of the spatulas fires up

WHITINGHAM- The 10th annual Twin Valley Junior Iron Chef cooking contest is taking place at the Twin Valley Middle High School auditorium on Wednesday, February 13, at 3:30 pm. Twelve teams will compete against each other for the right to represent Twin Valley at the state competition in March....